THE FITNESS FACTORY

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1998
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Year
1998
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F37010
Media type
Moving image
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Series
INSIDE NEW ZEALAND
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
1:00:00
Broadcast Date
04/08/1998
Production company
NINOX FILMS
Credits
Director: John Hagen
Writer: Derek Stuart
Producer: Bronwen Stewart
Camera: Grant Atkinson
Online Editor: Justin Cockerill
Sound: Michael Huddleston

“Carol Hirschfeld presents a series of documentaries. A documentary about the staff and gym members at Les Mills World of Fitness, the biggest gym in Australasia. Those profiled include the owner Philip Mills, a member with a weight problem, a personal trainer with an amazing personal story, a male body builder who used to be tiny, a young woman obsessed with exercise and the Mai Hero Marching Boys who offer their unique perspective.” New Zealand Listener

00:07:18 5.30 am, members waiting for doors to open; Colleen and Les Mills; Phillip Mills, owner; Mike McSweeney, aerobics choreographer and instructor.

00:18:16 Alison and Mark Rainbow, Susan Fleming and Barry Duffield, bodybuilders; Phillip Mills; Angela McMillan, aerobics champion; Ruth Pirihi, aerobics instructor; Jaci Griffin, manager; Derek Scott, maintenance; Colleen and Les Mills; Poko Nganu, cleaning.

00:29:51 Dave Bosley at Skinny Delicious cafe; Susan Hansen, ‘gym junkie’; personal trainers; Alison and Mark Rainbow, Susan Fleming and Barry Duffield, bodybuilders; Natalie Crook, 1st time body sculptor; Toni Marsh, ‘gym addict’; Charles Panaho, model; America’s Cup team training with Owen Gaze, personal trainer, and power walking.

00:43:36 Ruth Pirihi, aerobics instructor on the music; Kirsty Hill, new instructor; Jean Fulop, training for Auckland Bodybuilding Championships; creche; Shane Bradford, personal trainer and Debbie Payne, at the gym to reduce weight; Phillip Mills, owner; Susan Fleming, personal trainer; David Henderson, uses a personal trainers; Mike McSweeney, on romantic relationships at the gym; Michael Loo who proposed to Sharyn Donn at the gym; Susan Fleming and Barry Duffield, Alison and Mark Rainbow.

00:57:00 Mai Hero Marching Boys; Scott Fairlie; Les Mills; Jaci Griffin, manager; Phillip Mills, owner; bodybuilding and aerobics competitions; Jaci Griffin, manager, Mike McSweeney, on Phillip Mills being like Basil Fawlty; Mike McSweeney, on Phillip Mills inventing ‘Pump’, weights to music.